Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-11-12

F:sIfthey wish, they my take NIL tho rest.
led BY a CHILD.
che house is secured to MS. The
ssdieaarg:onld Firs, where we were boru
and bred, is onrs. Amt ynn glad,
sHilda7' cried Rachel Dehart. as
She came into her sisters room and
threw off her bonnet and shawl.
Hllda, drawing pencil i'll her
Slim, white fingers lifted her cool:
perfect face.
s. sAs l can't dress myselfin worm
eaten shingles, dine off Of old doors,
;nr warm myself with creaking
shutters. am not particularly en-
Ethusiastic.' SHE syllahltd, i3ily.
oh, wcllp responded Rachel,
Somewhat absently.
She busted herselfahout the wide,
low room,spread up the bed, >tetl
IA shelf. watercd a pot o! gcr#ni
iumS. and at last came and sat
down on a low seat at Hildas feet.
i don't suppose you will like it,,
9Hilda,' clasping her hands across
her sisters knees; 'but know it's
SO hard for you, the poverty and
ilcprivationS-
y 'But whats interrupted Hida,
briefly.
! we have the house, and have
already made arrangements for Il
boarding SCHOOL,
sWhat!' in establishment.
4 have engaged to take five lit
tie girls to board and teach
: Hilda sank back in her chDir, her
ivory brow contracted, her royal
purple eyes dark aud angry.
sChildren to board and teach
here?'
Z i Will tell yon, Rild,. met Mrs
Oliver in the city. and she has lost
her governess-the one she has
had so long-and she spoke OF her
wish to send the children into the
country for the summer, and asked
me where would be a good place.
They are too young to go the
round Of the watering places with
her-.she is very gay and fashion
slble, yousknow, and not the best OF
mothers, perhaps-but she seemed
;tosMlsh to provide we'll for The
iirls, andsManted them taken care
of and taught. To tell the Truth, L
had thought of this before, and /
l offered to take them. MES. Oil
yer was delighted.
sIf you really mean to Keep a
school, said she, 4 will give you a
note to Mrs. Eastman. Che is
obliged to go to Europe, and does
not know what to do with Lilas
Arnold. Her mother is dead and
her father is down South, you
know.
lit almost made me dizzy, but |
took the note and went up into that
palatial place; and Mrs. Eastman
said thai if Mrs. Oliver would trust
me with her girls. I might have
her niece-at least, till her father
came hume.'
DO you mean Lionel ArlOldH
exclaimed Hllda.
/ don't know. / believe so. 1
think it very likely stammered
Rachel, delighted to see the frown
chased from EIilda's brow by Il
look Of pleasure.
The latter smiled, blushed, and
bent over ber drawing.
You know we must do. some
hing Rachel went on; 'and if You
would teach What music and draw
ing is needed, would do all the
rest
'pcrhaps l WILL replied Hilda,
evidently absorbed in her own
thoughts.
You needn't be troubled any
more than that, dear, and l dare
say we shall get along beautifully.
am very fond OF children, you
know
Hilda took no heel. She had
gone to the mirror, and stood ar
ranging the dark curls about her
ivory forehead; then she waltzed
lightly from the room.
She didn't take it very hard, and
| am so glad! sighed Rachel, still
on the low seat, her chin in her
hands ard her elbows on her knees.
Why the matter had been so
difficult to explain to the younger
sister was a conundrum to besolved
only by those who had know Il these
girls all their life, and knew that
Hilda was a. petted, beautiful tyr
ant, while plain, sweet Rachel had
ever been her slave.
During the last year they had
become orphans. Their father had
died insolvent, and only the efforts
OF tue kindly lawyer who had set
tied the estate secured to them the
old house and beautiful garden
where they had always lived.
Rachel had thought her heart
would break if she lost that But
Hlldahad secretly determined that,
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